CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-2018

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The vulnerability in sastcpd in SAS/Base 8.0 may allow local users to gain elevated privileges by setting the netencralg environment variable, leading to a segmentation fault.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to unauthorized access by local users, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict access to the netencralg environment variable and update SAS/Base to the latest version to mitigate the risk.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

sastcpd in SAS/Base 8.0 might allow local users to gain privileges by setting the netencralg environment variable, which causes a segmentation fault.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS